<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)">meant to reply to all.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">johanna faust</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:female.faust@gmail.com">female.faust@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, May 30, 2015 at 7:39 AM<br>Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] New around here. Safety?<br>To: Mitch Altman <<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)">there's more i could say on the subject. topics, off the top of my head, include: <br><br><ul><li>eye contact, </li><li>how to monitor environment,</li><li> what to do if it seems sketchy, </li><li>what is stereotypically 'sketchy' in oakland,</li><li>what sort of 'front'* to put forth, </li><li>basic preliminary precautions, and </li><li>other asst. dos and don'ts. </li></ul><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)">also, good to connect with others and see if anyone making the trek has a similar timetable.<br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)"><br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)">...for some reason i feel the need to add that i was born, grew up in, and have lived as an adult in some <i>very</i>
sketchy neighborhoods, with the only... incident ... in this area
arising in a situation for which i was not expecting any healthy
paranoia to be called.<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)"><br><br><i><br>*'eminence front, it's a put on...'</i><br><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)"><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 7:26 AM, johanna faust <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:female.faust@gmail.com" target="_blank">female.faust@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(102,0,0)">during
the day i would have to say, yes: but only unequivocally if you take
telegraph. get a walking partner. at night, i would advise against
walking alone, even though i think it is quite safe.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Hi Mike,<br> <br>You will be fine taking BART and walking to Sudo Room. <br> <br>Crime
can happen anywhere in the world. I don't know what you've heard, but,
Oakland is a cool place. It certainly isn't like the worst places
in Detroit. (Urban Basic street smarts tip, for anywhere in the world
when you feel anything weird, it is fine (and good) to cross the
street.)<br> <br>Best,<br>Mitch.<br><br> <br><div><hr>Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 11:11:05 +0000<br>From: <a href="mailto:mike.wardle4@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.wardle4@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org" target="_blank">sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org</a><br>Subject: [sudo-discuss] New around here. Safety?<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I'm
sorry if this isn't really correct for this list, but I thought it
would be best to ask. I've just moved to Walnut Creek from a small city.
While I know it not to be fully true, I've always heard the standard
sterotype/generalization that 'Oakland isn't safe, blah blah blah,
you're going to get shot/mugged/other'. I would love to come vist
Sudoroom, everything I've read about it and the people there seems like a
great time.<br><br></div>I suppose my question is "would I be safe to
take BART down from Walnut Creek to MacArthur and walk to sudo? Should I
be worried?".<br><br></div>Any tips? I'm sorry, I'm just new around here.<br><br></div>Mike<br></div>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi Mike,<br> <br>You will be fine taking BART and walking to Sudo Room. <br> <br>Crime can happen anywhere in the world. I don't know what you've heard, but, Oakland is a cool place. It certainly isn't like the worst places in Detroit. (Urban Basic street smarts tip, for anywhere in the world when you feel anything weird, it is fine (and good) to cross the street.)<br> <br>Best,<br>Mitch.<br><br> <br><div><hr>Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 11:11:05 +0000<br>From: <a href="mailto:mike.wardle4@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.wardle4@gmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org" target="_blank">sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org</a><br>Subject: [sudo-discuss] New around here. Safety?<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I'm sorry if this isn't really correct for this list, but I thought it would be best to ask. I've just moved to Walnut Creek from a small city. While I know it not to be fully true, I've always heard the standard sterotype/generalization that 'Oakland isn't safe, blah blah blah, you're going to get shot/mugged/other'. I would love to come vist Sudoroom, everything I've read about it and the people there seems like a great time.<br><br></div>I suppose my question is "would I be safe to take BART down from Walnut Creek to MacArthur and walk to sudo? Should I be worried?".<br><br></div>Any tips? I'm sorry, I'm just new around here.<br><br></div>Mike<br></div>
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